This Schrade Old Timer from Taylor Cutlery is a full sized pocketknife in the simple and reliable pattern of traditional American pocket folders. Four inches in length closed, the Old Timer holds three carbon steel blades in the most needed patterns of farm and workplace. The main blade, at ...

This interesting display Bowie by Maxam Knives of Dallas, Texas, was created as a canvas for the hand painted wolf themed artwork on the blade. The knife itself still has a limited lifetime warranty, but wasn't intended as anything other than a piece of modern folk art. It's ...

Created by Gil Hibben for Sylvester Stallone's recurring role as John Rambo, this striking Bowie style fighting knife appeared in the movie Rambo III. A 13" full length tang knife with solid stainless steel bolsters and a surgical stainless steel 8" blade, the fanciful Bowie shows a unique slotted ...

Gentlemen's pocket knives are usually lightweights suited to light work. What has made Buck knives of this pocket class stand out above the rest is their practice of scaling down size without scaling down quality. The Buck 501 Squire, only 3 3/4" in closed length, holds a single 2 3/4" ...

From Boker Knives of Solingen, Germany, this Mini Lockblade is a perfect pocket size with a closed length of only 2 1/2". The high carbon stainless blade, flat ground for added strength, packs full sized quality into a 2" long drop point style that has the width of many larger ...

The Spyderco Byrd Wings G-10 tackles one of the most common modern knife problems and finds a good answer. The 4 3/4" handle enclosed two blades, not one, returning to the style of a traditional gentleman's pocketknife but with modern blade choices and perks.

Both blades are knife quality high ...

If you're looking for pure function, the Buck Omni Hunter ought to be of interest. The Omni 397BK gives full size features in a folding lockback with ergonomic grip, and it comes with a belt sheath. For rough country use, a belt sheath beats a clip any day.

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It's pretty easy for me to talk about the Buck 112 Ranger, because it's just like the big brother version (the Buck 110) that I have about three inches away from my hand right now. The only difference between the two is size, and the only complaint I've ever ...

For spotting game or judging the results of a target shot, there's nothing quite so handy as a good pair of binoculars; and having a reliable knife at the ready makes good sense no matter what you do. In either case it's easy to buy something that doesn't live up ...

The 3 3/4" dropped blade of this compact traditionally built hunting knife from Puma of Solingen, Germany, combines the hollow grind and gut hook of a modern light hunting blade with the beauty of old country craftsmanship. All you'll need to do is hone the edge of the blade. ...

Kai USA, the Japanese producer of this American design by Ken Kershaw, makes some good choices in this utility camo knife--as well as some that aren't so good. Intended as an everyday companion for work or field use, features that we've come to see as standard in modern folders ...

With the Tacticos Corto, Boker of Solingen, Germany, brings a tactical design into the world where the rest of us live. Many modern special ops blades have features that limit their use in the private sector, but this practical military model will fit the needs of civilians as well as ...

As you go farther north, the bears get bigger and the knives get closer to the old forms that work the best. Bark River's Mini Canadian has the look of an old flint blade laser cut from tool steel. A 4.25" leaf point blade extends full ...

The clean ergonomic curves of this tool steel full tang sheath knife give stress free efficiency to an old and reliable hunting design from the 1960's. The Upland Special from Bark River Knives, a well respected upstart company producing quality cutlery since the 1970's, adds ...

The little knife for the big game trophy hunter, Bark River Knives' Little Caper tool steel blade has the finesse you need when there's no room for mistakes. When you are doing the special skinning and cutting that's required for fine taxidermy, a full sized ...

The Bark River Golog brings the traditional machete of Indonesia to the North Woods of America. One pound in weight, the 17 5/8" bushcraft knife has been reduced in size but not in strength--it's forged from chrome vanadium tool steel nearly a quarter inch thick. ...

Known for producing simple but quality knife designs whose beauty derives from perfect function, Bark River's deluxe line goes a step beyond the essentials. The Deluxe Huntsman with polished nickel silver finger guard and curly maple handle slabs combines the good look of engineering with the ...

The wide strong 3" long tool steel blade of the Woodland Special from Bark River Knives of Michigan is a step back to the quality and practicality of frontier days. The Woodland is designed for a full sized grip and feel, with the same micarta slab canvas textured handle as ...

The Mtech Hunter Wood Knife, 9" of full tang stainless steel, is a very tempting example of a good looking and low priced hunter/skinner sheath knife. The simplest types of knives, like the Hunter, can be easily manufactured with modern processes. If you start out with good steel, ...

In one compact and durable package only 10" x 6" x 2" Meyerco places everything you need for cleaning bigger game. A very portable field kit with a total weight of 1.75 lbs provides easy access to a folding skinner, guthook with easily replaceable utility razor blade, a tungsten ...

The Mountain Man Lockback from Queen Cutlery is nearly big enough to match the simple functionality of a small sheath knife, but folds in pocketknife style for easy carry. Built with the strength for heavy work, the lockback function provides security under load, eliminating that extra thought (reminding yourself it can ...

The epitome of western heroism has long been John Wayne. Generation after generation of Americans grew up watching the Duke on the silver screen - always a character of grit, courage, honesty, hard work, and determination. He wasn't always a cowboy, but it was his roles in Western ...

The 6' Assegai Spear from Cold Steel takes its basic design from the traditional weapons of South Africa's Zulu warriors. Cold Steel uses unique modern tempering processes to create a lightweight medium carbon steel spearhead with the ability to flex rather than break or bend. This blackened steel weapon will ...

Cold Steel's Boar Spear, based on a medieval European hunting design, combines a lightweight medium carbon steel spearhead with a stout American ash shaft to create what Cold Steel intends to be a throwing weapon.

Several companies market modern versions of spears as survival tools, which is where they are most ...

Very utilitarian in appearance but very functional in design, this knife created by William Hersey is an inexpensive alternative to traditional sheath knives made from more natural materials. The 4.5" blade is big enough for a full sized skinner and stout enough for camp work. The glass filled, ...

A old man I once knew, an avid hunter, passed these words of wisdom on to me: Hunting is half about discovering your prey, and half about keeping prey from discovering you first. I don't think he had the design of my hunting knife in mind, but there are some wily ...

A traditional design with a little purposeful flair, the Schrade Deerslayer's 10 1/2" full tang construction is both strong and big enough to grip with the full width of your hand, for those butchering tasks where you need as much leverage as you can get. The dropped blade acts as a ...

This versatile and economical skinning knife is big enough for deer and not too big for small game, so it's a practical knife for hunters who don't want to carry more than is necessary. The 3.63" stainless steel blade is the old full tang design so your work is ...

Even though the high carbon stainless steel blade of this 11" traditionally styled Bowie knife is only 6" long, some who buy it think it's too much knife for ordinary campers or hunters. That sounds like a good knife to me. I've never been embarrassed to carry a ...

The first thing that struck me about this full tang knife is the attractive stag handle. This is genuine stag, not a replicate, and therefore no two Puma Catamount knives will be exactly the same. Like a fingerprint, every antler-turned-handle will have distinct lines and shades. Stainless steel accents marked ...

A hand crafted design from Solingen of Germany, this small but efficient leaf point skinner is well suited to the old task of skinning and butchering game. Not quite heavy enough to be a good cleaver, it's still more knife than most of us need.

Stag handles used to ...

Not pretty, but functional.

The Gerber Lariat incorporates a few modern folding knife features into a very utilitarian design, which in spite of being practical has little of the class most knife enthusiasts expect. It reminds me very much of the kitchen tools built for arthritic hands, with soft oversized handles that ...

The Gerber Evo evolves towards the light end of the knife spectrum, which is a place where those looking for an occasional use knife will be comfortable. I have no doubt that for most purposes the Evo is fine. It would be an intriguingly good choice for ultralight hikers, ...

I'm always skeptical of technically complex knives--to win me over they have to be very well made. Grudgingly I am willing to put Columbia River knives in the accepted category. If you want a workhorse knife that opens easily with one hand, looks great in a futuristic sort of ...

This beautiful hollow ground traditional skinning knife, with a thick 4 1/4" high carbon stainless blade, combines the best of old and new. Used to be that knives came with an edge so crudely beveled that it was a mark of pride among the old whittlers on my ...

The Buck Zipper, a special purpose hunting design, features a black hard rubber handle, 4.25" hollow ground skinning blade of high carbon stainless steel, brass finger guard and brass butt. What sets it apart from a fixed blade hunting and utility knife is the gut hook ground into ...

The Buck Woodsman is a traditional hunting knife with the advantages of modern craftsmanship. A high carbon stainless blade eliminates the possibility of corrosion, and the tight construction of the phenolic handle reduces the chances of cross contamination of food. Hunting knives may double as utility tools but their ...

This Classic Bowie Knife really takes you back to the days when most men in a western town could be seen with a blade sheathed on their hip. It is a beautiful example of the blade design originally commissioned by famous frontiersman Jim Bowie. The Bowie knife was thought up ...

In Gerber's world, LST means light, strong, and tough. In mine, light is part of it and the rest is in doubt. A person who knows knives and uses them well will do fine with this knife, which would be a good choice if you need a workaday tool you ...

Pig Sticking is an ancient tradition of boar hunting, usually done with long cross guarded spears. I guess this is where the Pig Sticker Bowie Knife gets its name. This is a long knife - 15" overall length - but about standard length for a Bowie knife. ...

Buck pocket knives are an American classic, the evolutionary result of a Kansas blacksmith's search for a better tempering method, about a hundred years ago. Now that stainless steel has taken over the market, tempering probably isn't the pinnacle feat of the industry any longer, but back in the days when ...

Small enough to carry as a pocket knife, stout enough to be useful as a hunting knife, this update of Buck's 1964 invention, the lockback, is a smaller variation of the knife I've carried on backpacking trips for more than ten years.

The lockback style solves the primary issue of a pocketknife, ...

This Wood Duck Knife is a collector's item of true beauty. It's hand-made and signed by master craftsman Gaetan Beauchamp, with an included moose-leather sheath designed by his wife Denise Bryar.

No two Wood Duck knives are alike. Each one has a collection of detailed scrimshaw wood ducks engraved into its genuine Alaskan-mammoth-fossil ivory ...

As much as we love a good bargain, there's definitely something wrong with a partially-serrated folding knife on sale for a buck! It raises an important question: what is this knife worth if you can't get more than a dollar for it?

The description makes it sound better than it is. ...

Well, the folks at Portland, Oregon, based Leatherman have done it again. This time with a 3-in-1 fixed blade knife, bone saw, and gut hook - perfect for field dressing?in a really ingenious design.

How you ask? When this is a knife, the bone saw and gut hook components are ...

Pocket knives are tools, legally not considered to be weapons at all unless over a certain blade length, and even today there are many people who would not be without one. I'm one of those, since I feel very strange without one in my pocket. I carry one at ...

It's rare to find a Swiss Army knife with locking blades. In fact, only three of Victorinox's pocketknives feature locking mechanisms... and the Trekker is one of them.

Only two of the Trekker's twelve accessories lock into place, but they're the most important to contain this feature: a large screwdriver, and ...

Nothing like taking an industry standard and making it bigger & better, right? That's what Leatherman has done with its Surge pocket multitool.

Apparently, the press agrees. Back in 2006, Field & Stream Magazine awarded the Surge the title of "Best of the Test" for multitools for hunting and fishing.

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This isn't just any ordinary bowie knife. It's a Case bowie knife. Take that back... it's a Case presentation bowie knife. Meaning: knives of this caliber are given to presidents, foreign dignitaries, athletes, and astronauts, just to give you an idea.

The 9.5-inch bowie blade is wide and thick, making it ...